Asdrúbal Chávez is a

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n chemical engineer and politician, who is the former president of

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, a subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company

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. He has served as deputy to the National Assembly of Venezuela and Minister of Petroleum and Mining. He is the cousin of the late president of Venezuela,

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. Chávez was appointed by President Nicolás Maduro to run the troubled state-run oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) in April

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Asfrubal Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Venezuelan engineers People from Barinas (state) United Socialist Party of Venezuela politicians University of the Andes (Venezuela) alumni Presidents of PDVSA